Person

Nobile, Silvia Renata Vera (1916 - 1990s)

Born
1916
Capodistria, Italy
Died
1990s
Sardinia, Italy
Occupation
Chemist and Nutrition scientist

Summary

Silvia Nobile was an experienced chemist when she was sent out to Australia by F. Hoffman-La Roche of Switzerland in 1959. Her task was to established the Roche Vitamin Laboratories in Sydney to offer technical assistance to any interested party with respect to vitamin analysis and stability in pharmaceutical products, foods for animal and human consumption and biological material. In 1968 the activity of the laboratories was extended to Quality Control of Roche pharmaceutical manufacture including quality control of packaging material. Since the introduction of the biochemical tests for assessing vitamin status the laboratories have been offering these services to hospitals and the medical profession as there was no other laboratory in Australia where blood vitamin profiles could be performed. The Vitamin Laboratories were open to any interested visitor and analyst who wished to learn vitamin analytical techniques. She was a foundation member of the Nutrition Society of Australia.

Details

In addition to her professional memberships listed below she was a member of the Australian Biochemical Society and ANZASS.

The original data for this entry was provided by Dr Beverley Wood in 2023.

Chronology

1939
Education - Graduated Doctor in Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
1939 - 1941
Career position - Chemist, Veneziani, Trieste, Italy
1943 - 1946
Career position - Chemist-in-Charge, Clinical Laboratory, Ospedale Civico Lugano, Switzerland
1947 - 1948
Career position - Analyst, microbiology and organic chemistry, Aligenna AG and Guigy AG, Basel Switzerland
1949 - 1951
Career position - Officer in Charge, Clinical Laboratory, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel Switzerland
1951 - 1959
Career position - Officer in Charge, Vitamin Laboratories, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Basel Switzerland
1959 - 1976
Career position - Chief Chemist, Vitamin Laboratories, Roche Products Pty Ltd, Dee Why, NSW Australia
1961
Career event - Associate Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Sydney
1967
Career event - Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
1967
Career event - Associate Member, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
1974
Career event - Elected Fellow, Australian College of Biomedical Scientists
1975
Career event - Associate Member, Australian Institute of Medical Technologists

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